A/N: Hello my beautiful readers. so this story is a collection of one shots that fit into my Celestial Mage Wanted time line each chapter will tell you were it fits on the time line of the story. several of the chapters were written for the story but I had trouble finding the right spots to slip these in. mostly due to pacing but i thought that many of you would enjoy reading them, so here we are and with out further Ado...
She's Growing up
***During the Mulit-guild party that Fairy Tail threw****
Happy flew off into the guild after Natsu and Gajeel began shouting at each other. Looking around he spotted the group of the other exceeds sitting on a table in the center of the guild.
"Hey Happy, Carla was just telling us about something weird that was happening," Lector said as the blue furred exceed landed on the table.
"Well I am sure it's nothing the tom cat hasn't dealt with but Wendy almost went hungry this week because she blew all of our money on frivolous purchases," Carla hissed as she straightened the bow on her tail.
"What did she buy?" Lector asked eagerly.
"Scarves, she bought forty scarves all of them different colors, sizes, patterns, and materials but she didn't need them," the white furred cat insisted as she waved to Mira for a cup of tea.
"Frosch what's to know why?" the frog suited exceed asked tilting his head to the side in confusion.
"She already has almost three hundred scarves at home but she never wears them," Carla hissed as she narrowed her eyes at her charge. The blue haired dragon slayer was talking to Sherria unaware that she had earned her partner's ire. "But when I told her so Wendy hissed at me and told me that I was a busy body and needed to mind my own business," she complained as Pantherlilly chuckled next to her a glass of kiwi juice in his paw.
"Carla with all of your knowledge you haven't figure it out yet?" the dark furred exceed asked taking a drink from his glass.
"Figured what out?" Carla asked as she looked to Lilly for answers.
"You know," Happy began speaking drawing the attention of those at the table. "It sounds like Natsu, whenever we finish a job he counts the money and then runs off to the shops and buys clothes and jewelry."
"But Natsu only has like two changes of clothes," Carla pointed out trying to remember if she had ever seen the dragon slayer in anything other than his normal outfit.
Not counting the formal clothes the palace had lended them for the ball after the Grand Magic Games Carla hadn't seen Natsu in anything but either his open vest or one sleeved coat with those white pants and sandals. A look that the white furred exceed found to be rather ridiculous.
"Oh no, the stuff Natsu spent all our fish money on isn't for him," Happy began as Mira set down Carla's tea and a fish for Happy before walking off. Picking up the fish he took a bite before speaking. "It was for Lushi!" he exclaimed mouth half full of fish.
"Yes, Happy is right Gajeel spends most of his cash on books old, rare, fragile books. I can't count the number of times we have taken job simply because a rare book was the reward. If it wasn't for the fact that he gives me a cut of our earnings there would never be food on our table just books," Patherlilly laughed turning to the Sabertooth exceeds. "What about Sting and Rouge do they make any strange purchase?"
"Well Sting is always buying these burettes that have flowers on them he even had about twenty of them on special order," Lector said as he thought about the similarities that these dragon slayers where showing.
"What about Rouge?" Lilly asked turning to Frosch.
"Frosch doesn't know, Frosch only knows that Rouge buys Frosch foggy toys!" the frog obsessed exceed cheered.
"Wait who in this guild like scarves?" Carla asked in confusion as she finally released what was going on with her Wendy.
"Well there is Nastu," Lector offered as Happy and Patherlilly glared at the exceed.
"Natsu would never cheat on Lushi… but you know who else likes scarves?" Happy asked as he looked over at Lilly who nodded his head in agreement.
"Yes, Romeo is never seen without a scarf either. And if memory serve correct didn't he receive a very expensive one of a kind scarf from Wendy on his last birthday?" Patherlilly spoke watching as Carla's face filled with shock.
"Excuse me I must speak with Wendy at once!" Carla said quickly as she flew off.
"Kittys!" a loud excided voice filled the air as three of the remaining exceed were scooped up into a tight hug.
Several months had passed since the party at Fairy Tail. In that time Frosch had begun noticing changes in his caretaker. Sitting in the rafters of Sabertooth Frosch pouted as Lector came up behind him to figure out what had made the little cat so upset.
"What's wrong?" Lector asked as he watched Sting wrap his arms around Yukino. The celestial mage laughing as she was thrown over the guild master's shoulder.
"Frosch did something bad and Rouge won't tell Frosch what he did," Frosch pouted as he looked down at his paws.
"Why do ya think that?" Lector asked looking at the frog suit covered exceed.
"Because Rouge didn't buy Frosch the foggy cookies, he bought something else," Frosch cried as he looked over at Lector.
"Well what did he buy?" Lector asked as he thought back to a familiar conversation he had had a few months ago.
"Rouge bought earrings, but Frosch knows Rouge bought more the day before and Rouge never wears them Rouge just stairs at them and smiles," Frosch pouted as he looked over at Lector.
"Oh Frosch," Lector sighed as the red furred exceed tried to figure out if he should tell Sting that Rouge had found his mate.